Kazakhstan
Life expectancy in Kazakhstan
Life expectancy in Kazakhstan: 55.6 years in 1950 and 74.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 74.4 years
- Since 1950
- +18.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 123 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 85.2 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 85.2 years in 2100, between 75.1 years and 92.6 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1868: 23.6 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 73.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 70.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 71.2 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 73.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 73.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 73 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 72.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 72 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 71.4 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 70.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 69.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 69.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 67.5 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 66.8 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 66.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 65.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 65.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 65 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 64.8 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 64.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 64.1 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 63.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 63.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 63.4 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 63.3 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 63.5 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 63.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 64.1 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 64.5 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 65 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 65.4 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 65.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 65.9 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 66 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 66 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 65.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 65.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 64.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 64.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 63.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 63 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 62.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 62.1 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 61.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 61.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 61.3 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 61.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.9 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 60.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 60.5 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 60.3 | 56 |
| 1970 | 60.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 59.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 59.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 59.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 59.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 59 | 54 |
| 1964 | 58.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 58.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 58.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 58.2 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 58 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.7 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 57.5 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 57.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 57.1 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 56.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 56.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 56.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 56.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 55.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 55.6 | 46.4 |
| 1939 | 44.5 | – |
| 1926 | 36.9 | – |
| 1910 | 30.6 | – |
| 1900 | 28.1 | – |
| 1897 | 28.6 | – |
| 1873 | 23.8 | – |
| 1868 | 23.6 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.573.4–75.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 74.773–76.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 74.872.8–76.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 7572.6–77.1 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 75.172.4–77.5 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 75.272.3–78 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 75.472.2–78.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 75.572.1–78.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 75.671.9–78.8 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 75.871.9–79.1 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 75.971.8–79.5 | 75 |
| 2035 | 76.171.9–79.7 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 76.271.8–79.9 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 76.471.8–80.2 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 76.571.6–80.4 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 76.771.7–80.8 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 76.871.5–81 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 7771.7–81.3 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 77.171.7–81.6 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 77.271.6–81.9 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 77.471.6–82.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 77.571.7–82.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 77.771.6–82.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 77.871.7–82.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7871.7–83 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 78.171.8–83.3 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 78.372–83.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 78.471.9–83.6 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 78.671.8–83.8 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 78.772–84 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 78.971.8–84.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 7972–84.3 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 79.271.8–84.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 79.371.7–84.8 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 79.572–85 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 79.672–85.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 79.772–85.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 79.972–85.6 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 8072.2–85.7 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 80.272.5–86 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 80.372.3–86 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 80.572.3–86.3 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 80.672.3–86.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 80.872.5–86.6 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 80.972.7–86.8 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 81.172.8–87 | 79 |
| 2070 | 81.272.6–87.1 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 81.372.7–87.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 81.572.9–87.3 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 81.672.9–87.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 81.772.9–87.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 81.972.8–87.8 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 8273.2–88.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 82.173.2–88.3 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 82.373.2–88.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 82.473.2–88.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 82.673.7–89.1 | 80 |
| 2081 | 82.773.4–89.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 82.873.5–89.4 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 8373.5–89.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 83.173.3–89.8 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 83.273.3–89.9 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 83.473.4–90.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 83.573.6–90.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 83.674–90.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 83.874.2–90.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 83.974.1–90.7 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 8473.9–90.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 84.174.2–91.1 | 81 |
| 2093 | 84.374.2–91.2 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 84.474.5–91.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 84.574.5–91.7 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 84.675–92 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 84.874.9–92.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 84.974.9–92.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 8575.1–92.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 85.275.1–92.6 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.31B in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel71,000 people in 2020
- National power0.27% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports18 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports6 million TIV in 2006